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JOHN KAYE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Letters Patent No. 82,123, dated September 15, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEMP-BRAKES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that LJOHN KAYE, of Louisville, in the county ofJeifersomand State of Kentucky, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Hemp-Brake; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation.

Figure 2 is a plan view,

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a hemp-brake with anumber of heaters, which 'act successively on the hemp To enable othersskilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

Between the sides of the frame of the machine is placed any desirednumber of beaters, which are pivoted, near their centres, to the frameA. Between the heaters B are placed short bars C, one end of which restsupon the end of the frame A, and the other upon a cross-piece, D, whichis secured to the sides of the machine. In the lower ends of the heatersB are slots E, in which the crank works. There is the same number ofcranks as heaters, and all radiate from the same centre, but each one ata diii'erent angle, and are journalledto the lower pieces of the frameA, as seen in fig. 1.

Motion is imparted to the cranks by means of gear-wheels G H I, and onthe shaft of theintermediate gear H is a fly-wheel, J, as seen in fig.2.

The operation of the machine is as follows:

The hemp is placed on the top of the bars 0, and under the upper ends ofthe heaters. Motion isimparted to the cranks F through the gear-wheels,and by the cranks to the heaters. By the peculiar arrangement of thecranks when in operation, the heaters strike the hemp successively, oneafter the other, by this means pre venting injury to the hemp, as is thecase where two or more of the heaters strike together, and also doingthe work much more eiiectually.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the cranks and heaters, when constructed andoperating substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereindescribed.

JOHN KAYE.

Witnesses:

Momma WILKINSON,

THOMAS H. MILLun.

